Rhythm in Blue by TFC Parks

Author:TFC Parks [Parks, TFC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 0615456030
Amazon: B004Q9TYIA
Publisher: Archilochus Press
Published: 2011-03-01T07:00:00+00:00

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Rick followed Beth into the house, carrying as many of the grocery bags as possible. He set them on the counter and went to the freezer. Removing a bag of frozen peas, he turned and handed them to Beth.

“Hold this on there. I’ll get the rest of the bags.”

She tearfully nodded and gently pressed the bag to her swelling cheek as Rick headed back outside. He felt bad about the whole thing, but he warned her. She was stubborn and wouldn’t listen, insisting that he come shopping with her. The grocery store wasn’t bad, but at the mall, things got ugly. He begged to wait in the car, but she wanted his help picking out new curtains for the kitchen. They weren’t even past the food court before someone spotted him and they were mobbed. Young groupies trampled Beth to ask for his autograph. Rick pushed them aside and had to break his way through the crowd to find Beth – knocked to the ground. Even after he helped her up and held her close, people tried to push her away, eager to get at him.

They quickly escaped to the car, but Beth was hysterical. Her face began to show signs of bruising right away and her arms and neck were full of scratch marks. He couldn’t even take time to calm her in the car, as people chased after them. Once they were well away, he pulled over to evaluate her condition.

“Don’t touch me!” she snapped when he tried to comfort her. She didn’t talk the entire way home, and marched straight into the house without a word.

Rick pulled the last two bags out of the trunk and headed back up the sidewalk. He found Beth sitting at the table, the peas still pressed to her cheek. Going by her expression, he couldn’t tell if she was still shaken, or just angry now. He approached her, but she held up her hand, “Just don’t. Not right now.”

He nodded and began instead to put away the groceries. Once he had the cold items refrigerated, he looked again to see how she was. She sobbed and her hands still shook. Removing a glass from the cupboard, he poured her a shot from the bottle of Crown on the counter.

“Drink this,” he said, setting the glass in front of her. “It will help.” She threw back the shot and slammed the glass down on the table. “Do you want another one?” he asked, surprised at how eagerly she downed it.

“No,” she said, shaking her head and rising. “I’m going to go and lie down for a bit.” Her breath came in shallow gasps as she spoke.

“Do you want me to come with you?”

“No, I’ll be fine. I just need some rest.” She tossed him the bag of peas. “Better get these back in the freezer.”

He set the peas on the counter and stopped her before she reached the door. “Hang on now,” he wrapped his arms around her. “I’m really sorry sweetie, I’ve never seen it get that bad before.

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